Ch4 Globalizing Development Full Test Bank - Complete Test Bank Development and Social Change 6e with Answers by Philip McMichael. DOCX document preview.
Development and Social Change, 6th edition
Philip McMichael
Chapter 4: Globalizing Development
Test Bank
1. As the West focused on containing Soviet and Chinese power, the development project shifted its attention to establishing free enterprise and____
a. US dollar as the international currency
b. increasing tax subsidies
c. industrialization
d. recolonization
Answer location: Globalizing Development
Page Number: 80
2. The rise of the Newly Industrializing Countries confirms that _______ would expand into _____.
a. military intervention; South East Asia
b. industrialization; Third World
c. economic independence; Third World
d. modernization; South East Asia
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 80
3. Although NICs progressed through industrialization at different stages, with some variation, they all went through _____ to ____ industries.
a. agricultural; manufacturing
b. manufacturing; agricultural
c. low-value; high-value
d. low-skilled; high-skilled
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 81
4. Most NICs (with the exception of Hong Kong) were successful because they had
a. democratic states
b. military success
c. dedicated work forces
d. states with public investments in infrastructure
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 81
5. Most NICs (with the exception of Hong Kong) were successful because they
a. established industrial ventures with private enterprise
b. were democratic states
d. had military success
d. had dedicated work forces
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 81
6. CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. Examples of low-value industries include:
a. processed foods industries
b. clothing industries
c. auto industries
d. steel industries
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 81
7. CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. Examples of high-value industries include:
a. processed foods industries
b. clothing industries
c. auto industries
d. steel industries
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 81
8. Which of these regions adopted export-oriented industrialization models?
a. Latin America
b. Asia
c. Africa
d. Eastern Europe
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 81
9. For First World firms, export-oriented industrialization became a means of _________________.
a. exporting raw materials into Third World
b. relocating manufacturing of goods and machinery into the Third World
c. consolidating their influence over global industrialization
d. ensuring progress of the development project
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 81
10. For Third World nations, export-oriented industrialization resulted in:
a. access to cheap labor
b. more control over the fate of Third World countries
c. access to foreign exchange for purchase of First World technologies
d. arrival of the global consumer
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 81
11. World factories are different from traditional track of exporting processed resources because
a. goods are manufactured and produced for the world
b. their products have no "made in" tag
c. their products contain parts from every part of the world
d. production steps are located in geographically dispersed assembly lines
Answer location: The World Factory
Page Number: 81
12. The global production system arose because of
a. the growth of export manufacturing and labor intensive activities in the East Asian region
b. the lack of tax incentives in East Asia
c. increasing interest in globalized goods
d. decreasing balance of payments
Answer location: The World Factory
Page Number: 82
13. The purpose of the Border Industrialization Program (BIP) was to
a. extend US borders for industrialization purposes
b. allows foreign-owned companies to establish labor-intensive assembly plants on Mexican border
c. allow exchange of industrial parts along the Mexican border
d. extend tax concessions to Mexican industrialists
Answer location: The World Factory
Page Number: 83
14. Information technology is integral to the operation of the world factory in all these ways EXCEPT
a. allows coordination of production activities
b. circulates production blueprints among subsidiaries
c. facilitates social media activities within industries
d. globalizes production of goods and services
Answer location: Strategic Role of Information Technologies
Page Number: 85
15. The original purpose of creating EPZs was to
a. help Third World
b. manufacture products in low-wage zones
c. give five year tax-break for companies
d. promote trade with developing nations
Answer location: Export Processing Zones
Page Number: 85
16. CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY. Relocation of manufacturing to Third World countries is driven by many factors, including:
a. stringent environmental regulations in First World
b. tax concessions from Third World countries
c. cheap labor in Third World countries
d. voting decisions of First World countries
Answer location: The World Factory
Page Number: 83
17. In free trade zones, competing labels (brands) are:
a.segregated and produced by each multinational
b. produced side-by-side in the same factory
c. processed by the same workers and machines
d. processed in different factories
Answer Location: Export Processing Zone
Page Number: 86-87
18. Which of the following is NOT true about free trade zones?
a. tax free economy
b. no import taxes
c. lack of export taxes
d. non-unionized labor
Answer Location: Export Processing Zone
Page Number: 86-87
19. The vast majority of workers in EPZs are all of the following EXCEPT:
a. young women
b. young men
c. migrants
d.long-term workers
Answer Location: Export Processing Zone (3rd Para)
Page Number: 86
20. Work in EPZs is characterized by all of the following except:
a.use of contractors or subcontractors
b. low-skill work with low wages
c. short-term work assignments
d.unionized workers
Answer Location: Export Processing Zone
Page Number: 86-87
21. Most EPZ are located in
a. Third World countries
b. Western Europe
c. USA and Canada
d. Australia
Answer Location: Export Processing Zone
Page Number: 88
22. The New International Division of Labor (NIDL) implies a bifurcation of the labor force, with ____ labor concentrating in the First World, and _____ labor concentrating in the Third World.
a. unionized; non-unionized.
b. skilled; unskilled.
c. low-wage; well-paid
d. industrialized; manufacturing
Answer Location: New International Division of Labor
Page Number: 89
23. The main difference between the first and the second green revolution is that:
a. the first green revolution focuses on high-value foods
b. the second green revolution is focused only on newly industrializing countries
c. the second green revolution is geared towards global markets
d. the first green revolution was a respond to threat from Soviet agricultural innovations
Answer location: Agricultural Revolution
Page Number: 99
24. The new agricultural revolution erodes role in and control of food production because
a. women are paid less than men
b. agribusiness sector is predominantly women controlled
c. agribusiness is linked to women's lack of empowerment
d. women lack security and rights in land
Answer location: Agricultural Revolution
Page Number: 99
25. All of the following are examples of new agricultural countries, except:
a. Cuba
b. Brazil
c. Mexico
d. Argentina
Answer location: New Agricultural Countries
Page Number: 100
26. Thailand is a model NAC (new agricultural country, and often viewed as Asia's supermarket because:
a. diversity of food products are available in the country
b. it expanded its food-processing industry, under contract with food-processing firms from US and Europe
c. it diversified food production to satisfy delicate European and American tastes.
d. it provided tax incentives to foreign companies entering food industry in the country
Answer location: New Agricultural Countries
Page Number: 101
27. CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY: The New agricultural countries (NACs) and new industrializing countries (NICs) are similar in these two respects:
a. both types of countries are located only in the Second World.
b. both types of countries receive tax concessions form the First World
c. direct involvement of their governments in promotion of industrialization
d.both types of countries served as platforms for global sourcing of products
Answer location: New Agricultural Countries
Page Number: 101
28. Trans-national banks (TNBs) played a crucial role in globalization of finance, particularly in the 1970s. What is it?
a. they made massive loans to Third World governments
b. they made massive profits from corruption in Switzerland
c. they generated the financial resources for import substitution programs in Asia
d. they financed new agricultural countries alone
Answer location: Global Finance
Page Number: 103
29. CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY: John is regular patron of Walmart stores in the US. HIs purchasing activities makes him part of the following processes:
a. supermarketization
b. world farming
c. global sourcing
d. consumer advocacy
Answer location: New Agricultural Countries
Page Number: 101
30. The debt crises in the Third World is traced to one of these developments. Which is it?
a. 1970 US presidential election
b. collapse of the Soviet Union
c. repatriation of profits from TNBs
d. spikes in oil prices engineered by OPEC
Answer Location: Banking on Development
Page Number: 103-105
True/False
31. Steel industry is an example of a low-value industry.
a. True
b. False
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 81
32. Clothing industry is an example of high-value industry.
a. True
b. False
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 81
33. Geopolitical reasons such as presence of militarized zones are responsible for the success of Asian NICs
a. True
b. False
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 82
34. The main benefit of maquiladoras to foreign firms is tax concessions from the Mexican government
a. True
b. False
Answer location: The World Factory
Page Number: 83
35. The first EPZ appeared in Shannon, Ireland in 1968.
a. True
b. False
Answer location: Export Processing Zones
Page Number: 86
36. New International Division of Labor (NIDL) reflects in inequalities in labor and value for labor in the globalized world.
a. True
b. False
Answer location: New International Division of Labor
Page Number: 89
37. The green revolution is not only a public initiative geared towards servicing national markets for staples, but it is also a private initiative geared towards global markets.
a. True
b. False
Answer location: Agricultural Revolution
Page Number: 99
38. New agricultural countries are concentrated in Third World
a. True
b. False
Answer location: New Agricultural Countries
Page Number: 100
39. The TNBs were banks with deposits outside or inside the jurisdiction or control of any government, usually in tax havens such as Switzerland, the Bahamas
a. True
b. False
Answer location: Global Finance
Page Number: 103
40. The debt crises in the Third World resulted from default on loans from the First World.
a. True
b. False
Answer Location: Banking on Development
Page Number: 104
Short Answer
41. Identify the factors responsible for the success of NICs (Newly Industrialization Countries).
Answer location: Third World Industrialization
Page Number: 82
42. Define world factory and discuss its importance in the new global economy.
Answer location: The World Factory
Page Number: 82
43. What is the Mexican Industrialization Program? How beneficial is it to both the First World and Third World countries such as Mexico?
Answer location: The World Factory
Page Number: 83
44. What is referred to as feminization of labor within Export Processing Zones (EPZs). What factors account for the disproportionate increase in female labor within these sectors? And what are the long-term implications / effects (both positive and negative) of such feminization?
Answer location: Export Processing Zones
Page Number: 86-87
45. Explain the emergence of the "world farm"
Answer location: Agricultural Globalization
Page Number: 99
46. Briefly discuss the origin of debt crises in the Third World
Answer Location: Banking on Development
Page Number: 101-104
47. What are Non-traditional Exports and why are they important for New Agricultural Countries?
Answer Location: New Agricultural Countries
Page Number: 101
48. Discuss the emergence of Transnational Banks (TNBs). What roles did they play in defining the outcomes of the development project?
Answer Location: Global Finance
Page Number: 102-103
49. What are the functions and motivations for loans to Third World countries?
Answer Location: Global Finance
Page Number: 104-105
50.What role did the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) play in the debt crises.
Answer Location: Banking on Development
Page Number: 103
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